Coin-holder.



J. PAGKENBBRG.

COIN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 20, 1908.

Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH FACKENBERG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES J. FACKENBERG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COIN-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH Facnnnnnnc, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Coin-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a device to be used for holding and dispensing or releasing coins therefrom, one after another, and it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement, and operation of the various parts thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of the above-named character, which may be conveniently attached to a belt or the clothes of the user in such a manner as to permit the coins to be released or delivered therefrom one at a time, thus obviating the necessity of carrying a purse in the hands, or withdrawing coins and change from the pocket, which is especially inconvenient when the hands are gloved.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the device that the releasing and retaining means will be so located with respect to other parts as to prevent said means being accidentally operated.

A further ob ect is to provide means whereby the coins may be easily inserted into the magazine therefor, but will be prevented from passing or losing out of the receiving slot.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in the subjoined description and explanation.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention pertains, to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it, referring to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front face view of a coin holder, embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a rear face view thereof; Fig. 3 is a front face view with the coin releasing and retaining lever removed; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 44 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows, and showing the holder empty; Fig. 5 is a similar view taken on the same line as Fig. 4, and illustrating the device in the act of receiving a coin and also in the act of delivering one Fig. 6 is afront face View of the Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

Serial No. 411,633.

I channeled extension of the holder with the coin magazine omitted; and Fig. 7 is a rear face view, showing a modification 1n the means for securing the holder in position on the clothes of the user.

Like numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts throughout the different views of the drawing.

The reference numeral 10 designates the magazine of the holder and may be of a suit able size to hold a number of coins of a certain denomination, and, as shown, is circular in cross-section. The magazine has in its front upper portion a receiving slot 11 through which the coins 12 may be passed to the interior of the magazine. The front portion of the magazine 10 is closed by a cover 13, which projects at its upper portion a slight distance above the upper part of the erimeter of the magazine, as shown at l i 1n Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawing. The rear portion of the magazine 10 is closed by the upper art of the back portion 15. of the channe ed extension or chute 16, which extends downwardly from the magazine 10 and is made in the form of a flattened oblong casing, that is to say, the back 15 of the extension 16 is separated from the front part 17 thereof at a sufficient distance apart to permit of the passage of one coin at a time. The side edges of the portions 15 and 17 are joined together, thus forming a channel or coin-chute 18, from the lower end of which the coins will be discharged. The upper front portion of the front part 17 of the channeled extension 16 is cut away to form a circular recess as at 19 to receive the rear lower ortion of the magazine 10, which may be sol ered or otherwise secured to the channeled extension so as to aiford communication between the channel and magazine. As shown, the front 17 of the extension 16 is provided with two openings 20 located one above the other, and said part of the extension has secured transversely thereon a bracket 21 which is provided at each of its ends with an apertured projection 22, between which is fulcrumed a releasing and retainin lever 23 which has formed on each of its sides at about its middle a projection 24 to fit in the openin s of the projections 22 on the bracket 21. Fiach end of the lever is provided with an inward extension 25 which are adapted to alternately ass through the openings 20 in the face or out part of the channeled extension. The lever 23 is actuated by a spring 26 which is interposed between the face of the extension 16 and said lever above its fulcrum, so that the lower extension 25 will normally be held in its projected position or that osition shown in Fig. 4 of the drawin becured to the upper rear portion of t e back 15 of the channeled extension 16 is a spring-hook 27 which is adapted to fit over a belt or waistband in order to secure the holder in position on the clothes of the user. As shown, the spring-hook 27 contacts at its lower portion with the back of the extension and has its lower end outturned so that the belt or waistband may be passed between the hook and the extension back, yet will be firmly clasped thereby.

Instead of using the hook 27, I may secure a pin 28 transversely on the back 15 of the channeled extension, which may enga e near its free end a keeper 29 of the usual rind.

From the foregoing and by reference to the drawing it will be readily understood and clearly seen that, as the cover 13 of the front portion of the magazine 10 extends at its upper portion slightly beyond the periphery of the magazine, and is resilient and rearwardly deflected as shown in Fig. 4, by pressing coins, one after the other, against the rear upper portion of the cover 13 it may be s rung forwardly so as to permit the coins to e inserted into the magazine, from which they will pass into the channel 18 of the extension 16, when the lowermost one will be held by the lower extension 25 on the lever 23, thus retaining all of the coins within the holder. When it is desired to extractor deliver one of the coins, the upper portion of the lever 23 may be pressed inwardly until the lowermost coin is released, and the next one above will be held by the upper projection 25 on the lever. As soon as pressure is removed from the upper portion of the lever, the spring 26 will cause the lower extension 27 to again be rojected into the channel so as to prevent tlie passage of another coin.

By providing a resilient and deflected portion 14 of the cover of the magazine, it is apparent that the coin receiving slot 11 will normally be contracted at its upper and thus prevent the loss of coins t rough the same.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is-

A coin holder consisting of a magazine having in its upper ortion a receiving slot contracted towards its upper end and provided with a resilient cover overlapping the upper portion of its wall and bent towards the slot, of a channeled extension of less thickness than the magazine and communicating with the lower portion of the same and provided in its front part with spaced apart openings, *a spring-actuated-lever fulcrumed on the front of the channeled extension below the magazine and having at each of its ends an inwardly projecting extension adapted to pass alternately into said openings, and attaching means for securing the holder on the body of the user.

J O SEPH FACKENBERG.

Witnesses:

CHAS. C. TILLMAN, M. A. NYMAN.

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